I’m not a big Grant believer. He seems to be on the downward trend and doesn’t do the stuff I’d really want him to do. He can score and has historically been quite a bit more efficient than Green, plus he is bigger…but for the size advantage, he doesn’t rebound at all…he’s basically a SG. Still, I could see the value in a 1 year replacement of Green for Grant, but we’d need to be a contender for me to want to do that. I don’t think Grant stays better than Green for more than a year, and it’s very possible Green is better this year. Grant also hasn’t been able to stay healthy.
This is all to say I would need additional assets to trade Green for Grant. I want less to do with Middleton.
I don’t really see an in-season Green trade. About the only one I could see would be for Lauri Markkanen…and we’d either need a jump from Green or to add assets for Utah to consider that.
This will be a lost season for him and he'll be moved in the offseason. Gut feeling.
Question is, what or whom do you think he might be moved for?
2 guys who could be targets - Jerami Grant and Khris Middleton. Both are older which I'm not crazy about, Middleton is kind of cooked but an ending deal. Green could fit with the Wizard's youth movement and they could use a scorer there.
Grant has almost the same money left on his deal for the same time amount of time as Green. Has trouble staying on the court but maybe that changes if we're competing. He could give us some shooting and shot creation as a 4/3, fits the physical profile with a 7-3 wingspan. Green might not fit as well in Portland tho since Sharpe is their SG.
Grant would be my main target tho. Maybe a 3 way trade with Middleton to Portland, Green to Washington and Grant coming here.
I would not want either of those guys (Grant or Middleton) in a trade. Middleton seems way past his prime and unable to stay healthy. And Jerami Grant seems like a good-stats bad-team guy who just wants to put up shots and doesn't actually make his team better. Grant also is no spring chicken at 31 years old, has questionable motor and attitude, and in general Blazers teammates and fans don't seem to love playing with him, and he seems overpaid.
I don't love the fit for Jalen Green here, but at least he is a young lottery pick who has played hard and can really score. I would rather at least give him a chance here than dump him for guys like these who seem like legitimately bad contracts to have on the books. I don't mean to trash your trade ideas, it's good to think through what the likely market for Green would be and whether we would want to pull the trigger on such trades. I might be more interested if the other team would throw in 1st round picks.
This will be a lost season for him and he'll be moved in the offseason. Gut feeling.
Question is, what or whom do you think he might be moved for?
2 guys who could be targets - Jerami Grant and Khris Middleton. Both are older which I'm not crazy about, Middleton is kind of cooked but an ending deal. Green could fit with the Wizard's youth movement and they could use a scorer there.
Grant has almost the same money left on his deal for the same time amount of time as Green. Has trouble staying on the court but maybe that changes if we're competing. He could give us some shooting and shot creation as a 4/3, fits the physical profile with a 7-3 wingspan. Green might not fit as well in Portland tho since Sharpe is their SG.
Grant would be my main target tho. Maybe a 3 way trade with Middleton to Portland, Green to Washington and Grant coming here.
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Re: 2025 Suns Preseason News
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 4:44 pm
by The Bobster
Tyrese Samuel and Damion Baugh were cut today. No suprise. I would guess we'll be seeing them on the Valley Suns roster this year.
The Suns have one more cut to make, I am guessing it'll be David Duke Jr., Brea, Hunntley and Livers look to stay as Two-Way deals.
Re: 2025 Suns Preseason News
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 5:28 pm
by pickle
I get fit and efficiency issues with Green but he’s a young prospect with at least one strong skill that he can rely on to build his game around. And he’s a great person and teammate by all accounts. I’m not opposed to moving on from him for the right move but trading Green for Middleton or Grant is not that different from trading Luka for AD.
I get fit and efficiency issues with Green but he’s a young prospect with at least one strong skill that he can rely on to build his game around. And he’s a great person and teammate by all accounts. I’m not opposed to moving on from him for the right move but trading Green for Middleton or Grant is not that different from trading Luka for AD.
At least AD is good.
Re: 2025 Suns Preseason News
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 5:43 pm
by pickle
Agreed. It’s not a perfect analogy. Just saying trading young for old part.